Display-counter.



F. C. LOCKE.

DISPLAY COUNTER.

APPucATloN HLED Aus.12.19lm

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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ff D M Y mlfilii STATES PATENT @FFQE FRANK C. LOCKE, OF MARSHALL, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM C. SHERER AND SAMUEL J'. SHERER, BOTH OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-COUNTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed August 12, 1914. Serial No. 856,345.

To all t0/wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. LoCKE, :i citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall, in the county of Calhoun and State of lilichigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Display- Counters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in display counters and has for its object to provide convenient means whereby each pocket can be easily inserted and will be positively and iixedly secured in position by the act of insertion.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein` Figure l is a side elevation of such pocket; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of such pocket and vertical section through a portion of the counter showing the pocket in the process of being inserted; Fig. 3 is a similar elevation in vertical section showing the pocket in position; and Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all the figures.

A is the front frame of the pocket and B, B the side walls. These side walls have each grooves C, C for the adjustable partition D, and E for the glass plate F which lies immediately back of the front frame and exposes the contents of the pocket. The grooves C, C and E are carried across or formed in the upper surface of the bottom G of the pocket. The upper portion of the front frame of the pocket extends quite a considerable distance above the upper portion of the side, and near the middle of each side of the pocket is secured the projecting pin J. K is the frame of the counter which is shaped so as to leave a proper opening for the reception of the pocket. The vertical length of this opening is considerably reater than the vertical length of the side frame pieces of the pocket.

KOn the inner surfaces of these frame pieces K about the opening are secured lock strips L, the main body of each of which is approximately the same width as the distance between the side of the pin J, and the rear face of the pocket frame. The upper portion of each lock strip is preferably slightly wedge-shaped as at M and the length of the lock strip is considerably greater than the distance from the pin J to the lower end of the side frame of the pocket.

I do not wish to be limited to the precise structure, form and arrangement of these several parts, as, of course, they could be modied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The use andoperation of my invention is as follows: Vith a counter having a structure such as shown and a pocket such as illustrated, the pocket can be inserted in the opening in the manner indicated in Fig. 2, that is, by pushing the pocket into the upper part of the opening and then swinging it in until the pins J pass over the tops of the lock strips, then bringing the inner face of the front frame of the pocket fiush against the side of the counter and then dropping the pocket down into the position indicated in Fig. 3. By this means the pocket is held midway its vertical length and wedged or at least firmly secured in this position so that the pocket will not tend to shift laterally or vertically and will not tend to swing outward at either end so as to admit foreign substances. The slight wedging effect may be dispensed with and for most purposes the pocket will be sufficiently securely held in position, but any device which tends to yieldingly hold or force the pocket into fixed position may be employed such as the wedge or any substitute therefor.

I claim:

l. A display counter having an opening in combination with a display pocket to fit therein, said pocket comprising a frame, a body on the frame and pins approximately midway along the sides of the body, said opening longer than the pocket body and provided with vertical ribs near its front, the distance from the top of the ribs to the bottom of the opening being longer than the distance from the pin to the bottom of the body, the upper portions of said ribs slightly wedge-shaped.

2. A display counter having an opening in combination with a display pocket adapted to t therein, the height of the display In testimony whereof, aiiix my signapocket being less than the height of the ture in the presence of two Witnesses this opening, a fixed holding member located third day of August 1914. Within the opening, a holding member FRANK C. LOCKE.

5 mounted on the pocket for engagement with the ixed holding membei1 when the pocket is moved vertically in the oQening.

lVitnesses R. F. GRANT, JOSEPH J. MARTIN.

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